12 Facts About Dov Moran

Dov Moran is an Israeli businessman, electrical engineer, inventor, investor, and writer.

Dov Moran is best known as the inventor of the USB memory stick, and one of the most prominent Israeli hi-tech leaders.

Dov Moran was born in Ramat Gan, Israel, to a family of Holocaust survivors who immigrated to Israel from Poland.

Dov Moran served in the Israeli Navy for seven years and was commander of its advanced microprocessor department.

Dov Moran formed M-Systems in 1989, a pioneer in the flash data storage market.

Dov Moran invented the USB flash drive, the FlashDisk as well as several other innovative flash data storage devices.

Dov Moran has been involved with a number of inventions, mostly in the field of infrastructure technologies.

Dov Moran says he has filed over 40 patents and patent applications.

In January 2015, after several years of angel investing, Dov Moran established Grove Ventures, an Israeli venture capital firm which operates with a funding of worth $US100 million.

Dov Moran has invested in Learni, a technology company which aims to provide efficient educational solutions for interactive material, live teaching resources, that work in real-time, and student evaluations while enabling rich digital textbooks in a managed interactive classroom environment.

Dov Moran is an active member of the Korean Israel Business Forum, having spoken at conferences, and in 2014, was asked by the Korean government to spearhead a project aimed at growing innovation in Seoul, the capital of Korea.

Dov Moran's wife became religious 20 years after they got married.